Second Grade Curriculum

Night
August 26, 2014
Schedule (Monday-Thursday)
7:50-8:15 Crew
8:15-9:30 Math
9:30-10:30 Science or Social Studies
*Snack
10:30-11:00 ELA - Readers Workshop
11:00-11:30 Recess
11:30-12:00 ELA - Readers Workshop
12:00-12:30 Lunch
12:30-2:12 ELA - Writers Workshop, Vocabulary, & Language
*Arabic at 1:28
(two days a week)
2:12-2:55 Specials
2:55-3:05 Closing Circle & Dismissal
Schedule (Friday)
7:50-8:15 Crew
8:15-8:55 ELA - Centers & teacher time
8:55-10:15 Extended Learning Time
(ELT)
*Snack
10:15-10:40 ELA - Check-ins, quizzes
10:40-11:20 Math - Centers & teacher time
11:20-11:45 Lunch
11:45-12:50 Math - Centers & teacher time
12:50-1:00 Closing Circle & Dismissal
Extended Learning Time
More information from our admin. coming soon!
Every Friday from 8:55-10:15
Academic Clubs
Learning Garden
Art Club
Arabic Club
Math Tutoring/Enrichment
ELA Tutoring/Enrichment
Rotation schedule
Procedures
The following procedures are consistent across the
grade level and/or enforced school-wide.
Behavior
Clip Chart
Colors have opposite meanings than kindergarten &
first grade
Students start on the day yellow (Ready to Learn)
Choice Card
Specials teachers can sign them as well
Will be sent home daily; please look over and sign
Fulton County Discipline Handbook
Included in your student information folder
Grading
Scale:
A: 100 - 90
B: 89 - 80
C: 79 - 70
F: 69 - 0
Breakdown by weight:
Classwork: 45%
Tests: 30%
Quizzes: 20%
Homework: 5%
Grading
The dates for upcoming quizzes and tests can be found in our
weekly newsletter.

Check-ins will be given from time to time for certain subjects
to check for student learning. These will be counted as quizzes
(although they are not; there is no advance notice) because
they will only have a few questions and classwork weighs 45%.

Work turned in late will not receive full credit.
Communication
Choice card - Daily
Weekly Newsletter - Every Friday in Friday
Folder
Website - Link will be COMING SOON!
HW
Weekly Newsletter
Homework
HW will be sent
home as a
packet on
Monday and is
due back Friday.

Small star
homework is
optional while
big star
homework is
mandatory.

Starts next
week!
Academics
The next few slides will give you an idea of what
each core academic subject looks like in second
grade.
Math
Curriculum: NYengage

- 8 modules
- Operations & algebraic thinking
- Measurement and
data
- Geometry
78 + 4 =
*Tons of hands on activities
* Stretches student knowledge 70
8 2 2
* Challenging, new techniques


70 + 10 + 2 = 82
you can follow along:
Bubble Gum Math
Teaching and Testing addition and subtraction
fluency

* HW - flashcards

* Weekly Quizzes - Fridays

* Student focused - move when
successfully
completed current level
English Language Arts (ELA)
Reading - Literary texts, including
folktales and poetry + informational texts
Comprehension skills
Elements of a story
Character development
Compare and contrast
Main idea and supporting
details
Making inferences
Decoding skills
Fluency
Writing - Three types:
Narratives
Informational
Persuasive/opinion
Language
Parts of speech
Capitalization &
punctuation
Expanding sentences
What standards will you work on this year?
English Language Arts (ELA)
What does it look like in the classroom?
Readers Workshop
Mini lesson
Read-aloud
Centers + guided reading
Writers Workshop
Mini lesson
Independent writing time + conferences
Authors chair
Vocabulary: Wordly Wise
Language: Grammar, parts of speech, etc.

ELA Quizzes
Sight words - Every Friday; first one is on Sept. 5th
10 words
Will be on HW newsletter
Vocabulary - Every other Monday; first one is on Sept. 15th
5 words a week for a total of 10 words on a quiz (one
Wordly Wise lesson will take 2 weeks)
Will be on HW newsletter
Reading comprehension - Periodically until we build stronger
comprehension skills in class
Science
*Properties of Matter
~Solid, liquid, gas
*Seasonal Changes
~Seasons, trees and shadows
*Energy
~Sources of heat, light, motion and energy
*Pushes and Pulls
~Changes on speed, pushing and pulling
*Night Sky
~Moon phases and stars
*Life Cycles (Spring Expedition)
~Life cycles of plants and animals

Social Studies
Fall Expedition: Georgia On My Mind
Case Study One: GA regions/rivers
Case Study Two: Native Americans
Case Study Three: Historical Figures

Other topics (2nd Semester): Civics,
Economics, and Geography

Thank
you for
being a
part of
the
crew!